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USA Election

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over 13 years ago

Fuck I love a good election day.

Seems most pundits reckon Obama will get re-election.  Other thoughts?

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over 13 years ago

2ndBest wrote:

Fuck I love a good election day.

Seems most pundits reckon Obama will get re-election.  Other thoughts?

Their election system is stupid.
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over 13 years ago

ha well yes.  but that just makes it more entertaining.

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over 13 years ago
From most of the coverage I had seen leading up to it, Ohio's votes are the only ones that really count.

Also, it is pretty unfair the 3.7 million people in Puerto Rico are American citizens but don't get the vote.
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over 13 years ago

Needs more Sarah Palin


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over 13 years ago

 My thoughts are if there is only 2 candidates and they are Mitt and Barack how by all that is Holy can it be at all a close race?



E's Flat Ah's Flat Too

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over 13 years ago · edited over 13 years ago · History

2ndBest wrote:

ha well yes.  but that just makes it more entertaining.





[Edit: added the first video explaining how the Electoral College system works]
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over 13 years ago

Forza Obama.

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over 13 years ago

Obama with the early lead in New Hampshire. 


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over 13 years ago

Have voting closed already? Or is that exit polling?

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over 13 years ago

They have just over an hour left on the East Coast, so must be exit polling.

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over 13 years ago

And they have only got 42 'votes' included in that. I did say it was early.


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over 13 years ago

I ducking love the US elections. Never has a country taken an election so seriously but managed to be so shambolically poor at actually organising one.

I guess you could say something similar about their love of democracy and how fucking stupid their democracy is!

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over 13 years ago

Here we go!


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over 13 years ago

I was watching Fox News last night just for laughs.

One word - rabid.

Will probably watch again tonight though. It's at times like this that Fox News really excels in pure entertainment value.


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over 13 years ago

Florida is ridiculously close.


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over 13 years ago



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over 13 years ago


Ohio just closed. This shit just got real.

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over 13 years ago

Obama well ahead in Ohio with 7% of the vote in.


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over 13 years ago

I think this wont be that close at all. Maybe the popular vote will be but the electoral college will be comfortable.

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over 13 years ago

bopman wrote:

I think this wont be that close at all. Maybe the popular vote will be but the electoral college will be comfortable.


Agreed.  I think the closeness has been over played to keep the media with something to talk about.  
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over 13 years ago

aitkenmike wrote:

bopman wrote:

I think this wont be that close at all. Maybe the popular vote will be but the electoral college will be comfortable.


Agreed.  I think the closeness has been over played to keep the media with something to talk about.  


Don't you watch Fox News? It's going to be a ROMNEY LANDSLIDE! Either that or ELECTION FRAUD!!

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over 13 years ago · edited over 13 years ago · History

So a draw goes in to extra time and then there is a penalty shoot-out (my money will be on Obama)?

And the winner then goes on to play who: David Cameron, Angela Merkel, XI Jinping (likely), Julia Gillard (if Oz qualifies)?

Or is there a group of death?

 

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over 13 years ago

Romney just took the lead in Florida. Shit just got real.


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over 13 years ago

Just saw that. She's a tight one!


Allegedly

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over 13 years ago

78% counted, and the lead is just 200 votes. Crazy stuff.


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over 13 years ago

It could be a crucial state too. 

Bloody hell,if Romney wins,America will prove to the rest of the world that they really are the morons that we think they are. 


Allegedly

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over 13 years ago

Romney will probably need to win Ohio, Florida and Virginia to be able to win. Ohio looking very unlikely at the moment.


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over 13 years ago

I wish the TAB offered odds on this election.


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over 13 years ago

patrick478 wrote:

I wish the TAB offered odds on this election.


Draw Option  ???
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over 13 years ago

patrick478 wrote:

I wish the TAB offered odds on this election.

Surely there were odds somewhere?


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over 13 years ago

Hard News wrote:

 Multi with Victory over Sydney Patrick?

Obama would probably be paying $1.01 to win right now, so wouldn't be worth it.

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over 13 years ago

playwithFire wrote:

patrick478 wrote:

I wish the TAB offered odds on this election.

Surely there were odds somewhere?
www.ipredict.co.nz
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over 13 years ago

Game over.


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over 13 years ago

 So good watching Fox news now.  Glad I left work early.

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